POLITICS

For the third consecutive month, Ghana’s inflation rate increased, rising to a new high of 43.1% in July from the previous figure of 42.5%. On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, government statistician Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim released the most recent data. Food costs increased significantly, reaching 55.0%, while inflation for non-food …

The Ghana Revenue Authority’s order to apply a 10% withholding tax to all prizes has drawn the ire of the Concerned Betters of Ghana. The implementation process will begin on August 15, 2023. All gross gaming profits will be subject to a 10% withholding tax. The existing 15% Value Added …

Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, has urged the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to explain to Ghanaians why they are deserving of another term in power after 2024. Professor Asante, who was also a former National Peace Council chairman, then …

On Monday, August 14, 2023, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) will introduce a new module with the goal of providing young people with work options in the garments and textile sector. Thousands of young Ghanaians interested in becoming tailors and dressmakers will have the opportunity to receive training and an …

As a group of commercial tricycle (Pragia) riders protested the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s (KMA) restrictions, the Aboabo highway in Kumasi came to a complete standstill. There is now friction between the riders and the KMA as a result of the protest, which raises worries about traffic snarls. The tricycle riders …

The impending Special Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party has been called a needless election process by Alan Kyerematen’s campaign spokesperson. Yaw Buaben Asamoa claims that the conference, which would reduce the field of flagbearer candidates from 10 to 5, is an administrative procedure that will prevent candidates from …

In spite of recent allegations made by former President John Dramani Mahama that the Saglemi housing project has been abandoned for political reasons, the administration is dedicated to finishing it, according to Francis Asenso-Boakye, the minister of works and housing. The minister claimed that President Akufo-Addo recently launched a new …

The Accra Circuit Court remanded five people in custody in connection with the Cecilia Dapaah case, but granted bail to two breastfeeding moms in the amount of GH$1 million each. The court ruled that each bail must include three sureties, subject to reason. In addition to the four individuals who …

The 12 tricycle (Pragia) drivers detained for their alleged involvement in a fight that broke out between some tricycle operators and the police as they sought to reclaim their impounded vehicles from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have been remanded by the Akropong District Court. On Tuesday, October 8, 2023, …

The Bank of Ghana is believed to have spent $250 million on the construction of a new head office, according to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson, the Bank of Ghana’s administration has engaged in egregious mismanagement and carelessness over the past few years, …